Ya, there goes my kids inheritance....:lol:

Nice selection but you need to stop your impulse buying until you setup your system and get it up to par :biggrin: cause your making me jealous :twised: as I stopped buying any live stock until my system is up...

HaHa. I cant help myself. Late night wine..:lol: But in the end a very good purchase from a great place. :biggrin:

Im waiting for that rock to stew.

Some of my 20g, awaiting the new tank. This is a golden yellow stag, although not shown great under current lighting. Its pretty special to me. It was given to us by Ben, {chemmaster, on here}, before they left to go overseas. The piece I had was given away but my friend had a little frag left and gave it to me. So far this is how its grown.

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My new baby wrasse,

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Another of the wrasse and a cup coral I have had for a few years .

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Miss mandarin, checking out one of the wrasses two beds..

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:lol: Her name is Mandy. My granddaughter named her.

And of course my now 13yr. old percs run the show in that tank. Well except for that huge urchin they keep trying to get out of their home.

And I have my overflow glass now installed, still clamped and drying though.

Oh the heck with it. Tilt your head sideways for the first one....:lol:

I edited the @$%^&*, things and resized them. Posted and they are original. Went back, checked them all, edited my post and same freakin thing. Time to fins a new place for hosting.

Doug is that the Ben that was living in Winnipeg? I have a few corals from him as well if it's the same guy lol. Small world.

I gotta get me one of them wrasses … thats some sharp colour

Yes same guy from Winnipeg. Lived out by the airport. I use to buy all my supplies form him also.

I have always liked the yellow wrasse and when I seen this young one in the store I could not resist him/her. Very active and beautiful. Eats everything I feed, including flakes. Even the 3 bangaii I bought eat flakes. Thats a first for me.

AND, howcome my pics are right now?????

Wow o wow, 3 clams in one shot?:mrgreen: I can only think of what is going to come!

Nice clams Doug!

Thanks guys.

Howcome nobody comments on my two stack pics. :sad: Did I do it this time..

What stack pics are you referring to? What are stacks?:redface: BTW is that a cali tort I spy beside the clam?

Page 8. Not sure which one. All 3 are from Frag Cave. Two are Bonsai acro,s and the other is a Blue Cali tort yes.

Is Mandy eating Mysis (or frozen)?

Nice pics though! You will love the wrasse!

I have not seen her pick up mysis yet but she may be. I have I seen her eating the pellets.

:mrgreen:

Fantastic:mrgreen:

Agreed Alex

Pages don't work, I only have 5 pages in this thread. It depends on your resolution. What is the post number?

Post #77 Brad.

Not going to post anymore build pics if everyone just wants to look at my clam and wrasse.............:laugh:

Nice lol

Any updates Doug?

I have been waiting for someone to comment on my stacks, if they are correct this time......:lol:

What was incorrect about them before? (I can't see anything wrong with them..)

Just the first time, I used the stock crap that came with the tank and drilled one more hole. This time I drilled another and used all proper bulkheads and pipes

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Eggcrate guard just sitting there, plus some going on right hand return side


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Main drain with gate valve. Secondary with ball valve. 3/4 in return on bottom and 3/4in going to 1 in. emergency line beside it. Both are 3/4in valved in side...just in case. Lots of unions, inside and out.

you know I was off all day and on the north shore, could have given ya a hand.

Steve

I did it on the weekend. Today was dentist day......:spit:But thank you. Maybe on trying to landscape day whenever that will be. I put coffee on. Or CRM

ahh what day s it tomorrow?

Steve

Cleaning lady day

hmm.. I tell that to my wife to :mrgreen:

this is what I think of your pluming stack...correct me if I got it wrong:biggrin:
As long as your emergency drain in higher than both drains,that is good.
your main drain should and looks like it is lower than than your secondary drain and I don't see air intake to it a it needs it unless its fully opened.
your return line when ready I would face it flowing towards the lengh of your tank as one blow or a spray bar style hoovering almost under your water main tank.
Silicone work looks sloppy:biggrin: hoping its good with no leeks.
Union on main drain is useless if adjustments is needed when testing.
I would have use gate valves never ball valves as they are really pain to work with.
Last is test your lines by filling the tank and test for leeks and proper drains.

Now can I see more of your clams:question::biggrin:

[quote=eli@fijireefrock.com;866885]this is what I think of your pluming stack...correct me if I got it wrong:biggrin:

Emergency drain is highest. Yes main is the lowest and it is not suppose to have the air. It runs full, controlled by the gate valve. Its set so a trickle flows in the secondary. If the water level reaches the end of the air tube., then then secondary also goes to full flow.

Thats the plan Eli.

Yup I do the most sloppy silicone work on earth. It was done proper at first, then I add a second layer over it all to protect it. None of it will be seen , so dont care about the look. Not that I wont this time...:lol:, but never had a leak in 30yrs.

I dont understand why the union is useless. Its there to separate the long drain pipes that go through the wall, so I can repair of move the tank out if needed. Plus I can change the horizontal angle of the pipes. I do have a gate valve on the main drain. Thats the only one needing adjustment and why I went with the gate instead of ball. The other ball valves only purpose is to shut the lines off for service work or something.

Yup, I will be doing testing for sure. Thanks Eli.

You've got an interesting stadium rim on your tank. Can't say I've ever seen that before.

Its a Fluval tank design. I kind of liked the full silver trim. Its different and looks pretty good. A very nice looking tank overall and on at half price. Well for them. :smile:

I think in the long run I still should have had Concepts just build me one.:smile:

Because it was predrilled on the bottom, my overflow is on the viewing side, instead of the inside wall side. And as Eli said, sloppy work, but as I said, functional. It would be nice to have an external on that far end, facing the wall the pipes are running through.

Hmm, still time I guess. :D

Something for you to think about...not trying to make you spend more money or that...:biggrin:

My main tank overflow box is on the one side right in The middle as it gave me about 8inches on both sides of it and it bothers me at the beginning (less room for swimming and really hated viewing the overflow box)from a guy that likes to cover all the back and sides with rock work...
It bothered me so much over the years that at last decided instead of fixing the tank by moving the overflow box....just build another tank to my specification :biggrin:

Trying to tell if anything is bothering you now about your tank. .then fix it otherwise it will haunt you later on...

Only way to fix it, is to have a new one built to fit the stand. I dont think I can cut the glass and do an external on this model. But you're correct. Its bothering me where it is and that the only orientation for the tank in the living room.

Maybe I better call Denny..:smile:

So Jeff finishes second on X factor to some karaoke singers, so I made myself feel better by spending a pile more money on my tank....:lol:

Surprise...:lol:

:crazy:



By the way......................I think Im certifiable.

Agreed :biggrin:

Aww yea but you benefit from it. I also ordered more corals while at it..:lol: